San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-13

tragedy is still commemoratod by thu
people of Comfort with appropriate
ceremonies. The lady stated tina
she was the daughter Of one Of the
original immigrants from Germany
She gave us his name, but we canno
recall it. She said during the time
referred to he was compelled to hide
out, that if caught he would unques
tionably have been hanged, as many
others were. In answer to various
inquiries she gave an account OF theil
community, from which we infer it is
a very unique one She said there
was neither church nor preacher in
the place, and the people desired nei
ther. That they were Lutherans, but
had no use for church or clergy
That she had never read the Bible
That they had excellent schools. were
orderly and prosperous, their stand
ard of action being to do right and
harm no one.
The next town is Centre Point, on
the opposite side of the Guadalupe
1t is an American town and in broad
contrast to Comfort is noted for its
churches and church-going people
About noon we reached
KERRvILLE
Our objective point with reference to
the celebration of the advent of the
railroad, barbecue, etc. Having dis
posed of our baggage at the hotel we
first took view of the river, which
flows directly by the town. 1t is
there expanded by a milldam, but
aside from that did not show as large
volume of water as the San Marcos.
We we're told one could walk over it
dry shod during the summer. We
found Kerrville q small but we'll stu
ated and we'll built town. 1t has an
excellent court house and Jail, about
the size of our own. Capt. Chas.
Schreiner, who from small begin
ming has accumulated fortune OF
half million dollars at this point,
has Eeen a great friend and patron
of the town. He built the st.
Charles hotel, an elegant structure
costing $4,000. His large and spa
cious rock store house is an ornament
to the place, while there is no private
dwelling in San Marcos that will at
all compare with his fine mansion OF
hewn stone. Capt Schreiner also
built the roller process mill near town,
and now has in hand the establish
ment of system of waterworks.
The town subscribed $4,000 to-
wards the railroad besides guarantee
ing the right of way, and raised $500
to pay the expenses of the present
celebration. The people are about
incorporating for school purposes,
and have determined to erect large
rock school building to cost $4,000.
will our ''city dads" of San Marcos
please make note of this y The
site is 1850 feet above the sea level,
and it will no doubt share the prestige
of Berne as health resort. The To-
cation of Kerrville is in a fertile val
lev of miles in circumference, almost
perfectly level, and sentineled around
by quite respectable appearing noun
tains. The site reminded us OF
that of the city of Monterey, saving
the towering mountains which encir-
Gle the latter. There is ample ''room
and verge enough" for Kerrville to
become a large city.
Having "seen the town" we proceed
ed to take in the barbecue, both
literally and figuratively. TWAS esti-
mated there were 3,000 persons pres
ent. BY the great kindness of our
young friend Mr.. A. W. Irving, re-
Gently of San Marcos, we were made
acquainted with many of the princi-
pal citizens. Taking the crowd as a
whole we were impressed by its
Southern and Western frankness
and open-handed hospitality. Nari-
GUS kinds of entertainment accom-
panied the occasion, among which
was some capital shooting. Perfect
order prevailed, and We did not see a
single person who was intoxicated.
The occasion closed by a hall in the
court room after night
We did not return on the eXcur-
sion, but remained over tall morning
when We took the train for San An
tonic. but although 1t was raining
slightly we could not make up our
mind not to stop over at